Huntsville,
Alabama (September 12, 2007)
Huntsville Police Departmentís DUI
Task Force has just completed a
state funded grant to pay Officers
overtime to set up checkpoints. From
August 17th through
September 1st and Labor
Day, a total of sixty-eight people
were charged with Driving Under the
Influence and 102 traffic citations
were issued to motorists.
Thirty-eight citations were for no
vehicle insurance and 31 people were
cited for driving without a license
or a revoked license. The grant is
from the North Alabama Highway
Safety Office that allows Officers
to target impaired drivers and
increase deterrence with high
visibility checkpoints.

DUI
Task Force supervisor, Sgt. Floyd
Smith said they will set up
additional non-funded grant
checkpoints September 15th,
16th and the 21st.
The checkpoints will run from 11:00
p.m. through 3:00 a.m. Some of the
locations are Drake Avenue/ Penny
Street, Holmes Avenue/Jefferson
Street, Whitesburg Drive/Teakwood,
Sparkman Drive/Executive and Mastin
Lake/Pulaski Pike.